I pop in here from time to time to read through threads for a giggle, but there’s rarely any point in participating as there’s very little serious discussion, just people trying to shout each other down, but in this instance, especially as I’m a Labour Party activist with several A levels above grade “E”, I feel it germane to set the record straight regarding Anti-Semitism within the Labour Party.
In 2017 the highly regarded Institute for Jewish Policy Research carried out a comprehensive survey of the population of the UK in regard to Anti-Semitism in contemporary Britain. Their findings show that genuine Anti-Semitism exists only in a tiny minority of the population (2%) and to quote from the pre-amble.
“The research finds that levels of anti-Israelism are considerably higher than levels of anti-Jewish feeling, and that the two attitudes exist both independently of one another and separately. However, the research also demonstrates that the greater the intensity of anti-Israel attitude, the more likely it is to be accompanied by anti-Semitic attitudes as well.”
As far as political groupings go,
“…
levels of antisemitism are found to be highest among the far-right, and levels of anti-Israelism are heightened across all parts of the left-wing, but particularly on the far-left. In all cases, the higher the level of anti-Israelism, the more likely it is to be accompanied by antisemitism.”
I’m sure the previous commentators, (also having A levels above grade “E”) are able to differentiate between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism, if not, they (and anyone else who is interested) can read the full report here:
Institute for Jewish Policy Research: Our publications
What the report does demonstrate is that the further “right wing” people are, the more likely they are to agree with Anti-Semitic statements. In reality, what we have is in fact a rather blatant and desperate last gasp smear campaign launched by the political right and their largely discredited media allies in this country to deflect from their appalling “austerity” policies and general mismanagement of the country as a whole, ahead of local elections across the country in May.
If these accusations, easily debunked, are all that they have then it’s clear the time is right for a sea change in British politics. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
